Have you ever experienced a situation where one small detail seems to leave a large impact on a completely different part of your life? Or talked to somebody who knows your friends through social circles you never entered? There is a saying here in Vienna which roughly translates as "Vienna is a small village", meaning that everybody seems to know one another.
In The Lion's Song, we tried to depict these moments in life where fate and chance intertwine, and people connect without being aware of it.
Now that the full season was released last week, you are able to explore all connections across all episodes and characters, we hinted to before thoroughly in our communication since Episode 1 - Silence.
We will give some examples of such connections as they appear early in the game. If you want to discover them on your own, skip ahead to the Connection Gallery!
In Episode 1: Silence, how Wilma decides to overcome her fear of the thunderstorm will change who receives her portrait in Episode 2:
Phone up Leos for support to strengthen their friendship. This leads to Leos receiving the painting.
If Wilma blocks out the voices of fear by herself, Klimt will be the keeper of Franz' first portrait.
Another outcome visible throughout the episodes is Wilma's relationship to her mentor Arthur. If she wants to be with him and if her composition is good they will appear together later in the salon:
We connected a lot of these story elements between the four episodes, and not all connections make scientific sense in the context of time and space.
Some of them can't be missed when playing through the game, while others are only found by keeping a sharp lookout.
In the final episode, we added a bonus feature: The Connection Gallery, where those moments are stored for you, kind players, to look up and revisit.
At first the gallery will appear empty, but play through the episodes and revisit often so find it gradually filling up.
Many connections have two or three possible outcomes, these can be found by repeatedly playing the episodes, and in any order. Don't worry about restarting, theĀ gallery progress is saved independently.
Decisions, decisions, decisions,
Many of you have already played through the first three episodes. You will have noticed the decisions screen at the end of each episode. Some of these decisions even influence those connections mentioned above. To give you a quick way of trying out different outcomes, we added a new feature, an option to 'decide again' forĀ most of these decisions. This makes experimenting much easier and is a fun way of trying out cause and effect.
Don't forget though that there are many more connections than those decisions :)
We hope you will enjoy the Connection Gallery,
